Nevada’s schools chief faced a barrage of retorts Friday from state lawmakers after suggesting class sizes shouldn’t be high on their education priority list.
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Either three or 11 southwest elementary schools will move to a year-round schedule this fall to alleviate crowding, which has become so bad that 20 portable classrooms are needed at some campuses.
A school bus accident and teacher’s discrimination cost the Clark County School District $325,000 in separate settlement costs, which the School Board agreed to pay Thursday.
Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy received a six-year contract extension from the Clark County School District on Thursday.
The Nevada System of Higher Education is getting a new Las Vegas home.
The cost of putting his two children through an in-state college probably will be $45,000 more by the time they’re ready to enroll, but Ned Martin doesn’t fret.
CARSON CITY — Democratic legislators said Monday they want at least
$310 million more for public education in the 2013-15 budget period but acknowledged they do not know now where to find the money.
A local dealership is betting big on high school students to ensure its future. Park Place Infiniti, 5605 W. Sahara Ave., has partnered with the Southwest and Southeast career and technical academies to offer internships to automotive students during the school year.
Quest Academy has cleaned house after substantiating complaints of corruption by those at the charter school’s helm, but the punishment could continue for recently fired Principal Connie Jordan.
A local dealership is betting big on high school students to ensure its future. Park Place Infiniti, 5605 W. Sahara Ave., has partnered with the Southwest and Southeast career and technical academies to offer internships to automotive students during the school year.
CARSON CITY — Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, introduced a bill Monday authorizing students and others with permits to carry concealed weapons to bring their guns onto the campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
Henderson Libraries offers more than just checking out literature.
When Ryan Omlie decided to go back to college while remaining a full-time elementary school teacher with a newborn son, it was with an understanding.
Michael Harter walks down a hallway that takes him past lecture halls, a library and a cadaver lab. As the senior provost of Touro University Nevada, he is pleased that the institution he helped bring to the Silver State in 2004 is in a position to have an effect on the state’s health care issues.
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